(AETOS Wire) -- The GSMA today announced a number of additional high-profile speakers for its Mobile 360 Series – MENA (Middle East and North Africa) conference taking place on the 26-27 November 2018 in Dubai. The mobile industry-focused event, which is now in its sixth year, will cover the key industry issues facing the region, with a particular emphasis on transformative technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and 5G.

(AETOS Wire)-- Telefónica Deutschland, a leading integrated telecommunications provider in Germany awards SIAE MICROELETTRONICA, a long-term strategic partner for wireless transmission solutions, a turn-key contract for DCN (Data Communication Networks) migration services across its backhaul network. Following the successful acquisition of E-Plus, Telefónica Deutschland new backhaul network counts over 30.000 microwave radio links from three different vendors, including SIAE MICROELETTRONICA. In preparation for a potential 5G launch in the future, Telefónica is taking steps to simplify operations and maximize performances and coherence across its network. With these activities Telefónica plans to update its DCN by implementing a new common-DCN architectural model. The migration services entrusted to SIAE MICROELETTRONICA include project- management, IP network design, new-model implementation and operation service delivery. The cluster-by-cluster migration process consists of a mix of remote configurations and on-site interventions, maintaining......

SULAIMANI — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday (November 17) Iran and Iraq could raise annual bilateral trade to $20 billion from the current level of $12 billion.

Rouhani’s remarks, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi President Barham Salih, came about two weeks after the United States restored sanctions targeting Iran’s key oil industry as well as its banking and transportation sectors, according to Reuters.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s resumption of Kirkuk oil exports via a pipeline partly managed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) could strengthen Erbil’s hand in negotiations with Baghdad to take a bigger share of the federal budget, according to a Kurdish MP in the Iraqi parliament.

“The exportation of Kirkuk oil through the Kurdistan [Region] pipeline will be a strong point for Kurdish MPs and those Kurdistan Region delegations who visit Baghdad for discussions over the budget,”"...

DUBAI, Nov 17, (Agencies): Iran and Iraq could raise their annual bilateral trade to $20 billion from the current level of $12 billion, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, despite concerns over the economic impact of renewed US sanctions.

Rouhani’s remarks, made after a meeting with visiting Iraqi President Barham Saleh, came about two weeks after the United States restored sanctions targeting Iran’s key oil industry as well as its"...

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, today announced that it has expanded its operations in the Asia-Pacific region with the launch of its new subsidiary, Rimini Street New Zealand Limited, and the opening of its new office in Auckland to address the growing demand for Rimini Street’s premium, ultra-responsive support services in New Zealand. Rimini Street’s expansion was announced at a gala event held at The Northern Club in Auckland, where clients, local IT leaders and the special guest of honor, Ambassador Scott P. Brown, the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, were hosted by Rimini Street’s general manager for Asia-Pacific, Andrew Powell, and Rimini Street corporate senior executives. Growing demand for IT optimization and a business-driven......

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announces the promotion of Rick Tewell to Chief Operating Officer. Tewell assumes leadership of the company’s vast manufacturing efforts at its Megafactory in San Jose, California. He joined the company in September 2017 as Senior Vice President of Automated Manufacturing and was promoted to Chief Advanced Manufacturing Officer prior to the promotion to COO. He brings a wealth of expertise to the day-to-day production of Velodyne’s industry-leading lidar sensor product line. According to Marta Hall, Velodyne’s President and Chief Business Development Officer, Velodyne “recruited Rick Tewell to manage Robotics and Advanced Technology, and within a year it was clear he could lead Operations as COO. Velodyne Lidar is at the extreme edge of high tech, and Rick meets the challenge with da Vinci-like multiple talents. In the last three months Rick upgraded......

Today, Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading association for the project, program and portfolio management profession, announced that Telstra: Capital Planning & Delivery (Melbourne, Australia) has been awarded the 2018 PMO of the Year Award. In 2012, Telstra created the Capital Planning and Delivery (CP&D) function as a dedicated capability within the Finance and Strategy organization. Their purpose was clear – support the annual capital investment allocation, prioritization, and planning processes to better support investment programs and projects. Since that time, it has created a single enterprise wide investment gating model, created a sponsorship engagement model going from 0% of sponsors engaged at the start to 77% today, and enabled a culture of never stopping projects to one that stops non-viable efforts. With many other accomplishments, the......